Matuson Rides the Rollercoaster

Stacy Matuson has been up among the big stacks down among the shorties and everywhere in between today. It's not been a typical day at the felt for the lady who came 169th in last year's WSOP Main Event for $42,285.

"I've never seen anything like it. I've been so up and down today."

She's not exaggerating. We caught up with Matuson to hear how she span it up from 11,500 to just under 70,000. It turns out that she turned a wheel straight and got it all-in against a player with the high-end open straight draw. Matuson improved to a flush on the river. In the next hand, Matuson held picket aces and improved her stack by another 10,000 chips. And just now, she's busted yet another player to bounce right back up to 120,000 chips, double the average with two levels left.

"I'm used to grinding. Tournament poker isn't usually so up and down all at once." she told us, but if she's putting in the preparation for a long summer grind in Vegas, it could hardly be going better.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Stacy Matuson	120,000 80,000	80,000